Water quality issues are a major challenge that humanity is facing in the twenty-first century.
Here, we review the main groups of aquatic contaminants, their effects on human health …

The global pesticide complex has transformed over the past two decades, but social science
research has not kept pace. The rise of an enormous generics sector, shifts in geographies …

An accessible, focused exploration of the field of political ecology The third edition of
Political Ecology spans this sprawling field, using grounded examples and careful readings …

Assessments of pesticide impacts globally and holistic policies to address them require
accurate pesticide use data, but good use data are difficult to find. For comparable estimates …

Abstract Background Pesticides in Tanzania are extensively used for pest control in
agriculture. Their usage and unsafe handling practices may potentially result in high farmer …

There is an urgent need to reduce the environmental risk of pesticide pollution worldwide.
We here explore national leverage points, using a novel dataset of 21.4 million …

Agriculture is now more dependent on pesticides than ever. The value of global pesticide
imports increased 3x faster in the 2000s than in the 1990s. Structural transformations in the …

Water is considered as the most essential source of life and important part of our natural
resources. Due to rapid industrialization, urbanization and lack of awareness among people …

Food security faces many multifaceted challenges, with effects ranging far beyond the
sectors of agriculture and food science and involving all the multiscale components of …

Urban and peri-urban agriculture (UPA) is increasingly being promoted as a multi-focal
strategy for enhancing urban food security and advancing climate change adaptation and …